# data[].attributes.body
Plan—was it planned? who planned?

Roles children play—imaginary etc...

Props—the objects (real, symbolic, and imaginary) children use in play

Extended time frame—how long did you think the play last for?

Language—what language did the children use, what language did the adult use

Scenario—what children act out

# data[].attributes.body
Plan—was it planned? who planned?

Roles children play—imaginary etc...

Props—the objects (real, symbolic, and imaginary) children use in play

Extended time frame—how long did you think the play last for?

Language—what language did the children use, what language did the adult use

Scenario—what children act out

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.authors[].name
Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
5 Steps for Brain-Building Serve and Return

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Joint Attention – Why it’s important to teach your child to engage and enjoy the company of others

# data[].attributes.body
Do you notice play happening? When? What type?
Was the child able to communicate with the adult? How?
What is the role of language in this video?

# data[].attributes.body
What are the benefits of clear and direct speech during play for children?

# data[].attributes.attachment_link.title
Pedagogical positioning in play – teachers being inside and outside

# data[].attributes.body
When you were a child...

What imaginary situation have you made up?

What can you say about the character?

In describing your character, have you asked yourself ……

1. What it looks  like?

2. What is does?

3. How it interacts with others?

# data[].attributes.body
I remember I haveo always made up/ or play a character related to any movies or cartoon i watched and when the character really attracts me when  I was around 4- 5 , I have always want to be it.

Some characters are like from princess movies or wink club cartoon, power ranger etc.

I have made effort to dress up as the character and before playing as the character i always would wear something.

Another situation I have often imagine and played was "casher" I would use the calculator like as though that's the casher toy, grab things around my house and pretend i am the casher

# data[].attributes.body
When I was a child:
Imaginary Situation:
I played with my friends,  selling vegetables in the market
My Character:
I was the vegetables stall owner and my friends were the  customers
What it looks like:
we laid newspaper on the floor pretending  it to be the vegetable stall. We used leaves and fruits that dropped from the tree to be vegetables for sales. I was calling out for people to buy and i called the shot how much each item would cost. My friends negotiated with me about discounts - some i gave but some "customer" that i dislike i ddi not give the discounts :))

# data[].attributes.body
- I was in my parents room pretending to be a teacher and using my soft toys as a students.

- At that age around 5 - 6 years old, most of the time I can say I am extremely attached with my mum which I spend mostly in my parents room. Using the wall  as a whiteboard to draw and teach my students (soft toys), I was acting as a teacher.

# data[].attributes.body
Imaginary play as a teacher with my friend using dressing table mirror as whiteboard writing with whiteboard makers , carrying basket with storybooks . Speaking to invisible children saying good morning , sit down.

# data[].attributes.body
I've seen on many occasions little girls raging the age between 3 and 4 pretending to be mummies with babies.

Feeding them and taking care of the etc goign shopping etc.

its intresting to see how children choose specific gender chracters during this time

# data[].attributes.body
When you were a child...

What imaginary situation have you made up?

What can you say about the character?

In describing your character, have you asked yourself ……

1. What it looks  like?  always pretend I'm the doctor, play with my friends of the doctor game

2. What is does? I'd like to be the doctor, and checking what's their issue, and pass the medicine to them

3. How it interacts with others? I'm using the stethoscope to check my friends heartbeat, and tell them they are sick, then write something on paper, pass the medicine

# data[].attributes.body
When I was a child, I would pretend to be a doctor and "operate" on my elder sister.
I would put on a white coat and toy stethoscope, and bandage my stuffed toys with handkerchiefs.

# data[].attributes.body
dressing up as mummy wearing shoes that are my mums.
feeding the child putting the baby doll to sleep.
i played with my cousins and they were my children. we used my mums bags, shoes, bowls, cups ,Flour pretending to be food

# data[].attributes.body
Plan: To build a helicopter

Role: engineers

Props: old tyres and planks

Extend time: 2 mins

Language: English

# data[].attributes.body
Propels In the Garden :

Plan – To  Build something (helicopter as expressed later on) -  to be guessed  “let me build something and you can’t guess what it is”

Roles – builders

Props – wooden planks and old tyres

Extended time frame  - 2 minutes

Language – we both carry, we help each other, all the children are helping each other

Scenario – collaborative

# data[].attributes.body
Plan—In the garden with a cousin

Roles children play—builder, carpenter?

Props—the objects: Planks (woods), tyre

Extended time frame— 2-3 mins

Language—English

Scenario— a builder creating helicopter

# data[].attributes.body
Language: Displayed good comunication in giving and following directions

# data[].attributes.body
Plan: Building a Helicopter
Role:  Imaginary play
Props: Tyres and woods
Extended: 2-3 Mins
Language: Common words (something they would speak everyday). It was more of a conversation, like a team work on what should be done.

As for the adult, I felt her language was more silent to let them freely play?

Scenario: Imagining, they are in a place building a helicopter.

# data[].attributes.body
In the garden they were trying to build helicopter by using tyres and woods .

# data[].attributes.body
Plan—was it planned? who planned?

Building a helicopter.

Roles children play—imaginary etc...

Builders

Props—the objects (real, symbolic, and imaginary) children use in play

Real objects, wood planks and tyres.

Extended time frame—how long did you think the play last for?

3-5 minutes.

Language—what language did the children use, what language did the adult use

They encouraged the adult to use their imagination to guess what they built in the end. Felt that the adult played the observer role.

Scenario—what children act out

They were assisting each other as they work, acting as builders and coming up with ideas as they go. “I’ll put in on top and you put it forward, etc.”

# data[].attributes.body
Propels Playdough :

Plan – To make a pie

Roles – He is a baker, and a server as well.

Props – playdough with kitchen and baking utensils and a box as the oven

Extended time frame  - 6 minutes

Language – He was talking to himself and sometimes speaking to his mom across – used many vocab related to baking. His mom praised him and used encouraging words.

Scenario  - A child was playing an active role while his mom was the participator and he made the second pie that looks a bit more detailed than the first one with some patterns on it. He was very focused.

# data[].attributes.body
P: yes most likely planned by a parent or educator

R: the child was a baker/chef

P: the main prop was the play dough, and the accessories were pots and pans

Time frame: 6min

Language: the child was speaking in the tone and attitude that a baker would sound like

Scenario: a child was acting on the role of being a baker. Most likely watched a chef/baker from elsewhere

# data[].attributes.body
Plan—was it planned? who planned?

Yes, probably by the child himself and items provided by adults.

Roles children play—imaginary etc...

Chef/Baker.

Props—the objects (real, symbolic, and imaginary) children use in play

Play dough, plastic utensils. Boxes as oven/microwave.

Extended time frame—how long did you think the play last for?

10 mins.

Language—what language did the children use, what language did the adult use

A lot of self-talk. Adult was participating in the play as well when he gave the pie to adult, and was encouraging throughout.

Scenario—what children act out

He acted out as a chef/baker serving to a customer, and then back to the kitchen again baking something else.

# data[].attributes.body
Plan; It was set up by an adult. The have provided the tools which encouraged it.

Role : The child playing a grown up role in providing food for his mum(perhaps dad a chef, a baker or simply playing the role of mum)

The Mum played an active participant responding to the little boy when he approached her.

Props: Playdough, home baking tools

Extend time: 6-10mins

Language: He spoke to himself quite a bit while molding and making his pretend food. He communicated with his um while taking on the role in providing food for her. Language was clear

# data[].attributes.body
Looks like he took up 2 roles as a Chef and waiter. As a Chef he was using play dough to make a Super pie using kitchen cutlery and a cardboard box as a oven .

# data[].attributes.body
Plan— At home in the kitchen with his mum and mum friends

Roles children play—Pastry Chef

Props—bakery utensils, dough, using cardboard/boxes as an oven

Extended time frame— 6 mins

Language— The boy keep talking with his mum "Chicken pie is ready!" Talking to himself, Singing "Squeeze, knead and twist it..."

Scenario— Pastry chef serving the the chicken pie he baked at a restaurant.

# data[].attributes.body
Planned by an adult / a parent.

The child was a baker.

Props used are play dough, kitchen utensils and equipment.

Extended time frame is 6 mins.

Language used is self-talk by the child.

Scenario is a baker serving to a customer.

# data[].attributes.body
Plan: He played on his own, but item is given by parents

Roles: Chef or Baker

Props: Kitchen utensils, box as an oven.

Extended time: 5-10 mins

Language: Self/imaginary talk. or maybe language he used when watching cooking shows.

Adult was engaging and entertaining his play.

Scenario: Chef Serving chicken pie serving his mom (customer)

# data[].attributes.body
It was the boy who planned it.
The boy was making pie for his mum
the boy took his time making the pie for his mum.
The mum spoke to the boy with respect and manners using words such as please and thank you.

# data[].attributes.body
Plan—Making Pie

Roles children play— he is a chef

Props—play dough, oven

Extended time frame— 6 - 10 mins

Language— He was talking to himself, talk and baking in the same time; adult was pretend eat and play with the boy

Scenario—the boy is playing the role play and sharing the food with his mum, then back to baking again. he is enjoying playing baking/cooking and sharing

# data[].attributes.body
Plan— building a helicopter

Roles children play— builder

Props—  woods

Extended time frame—few mins

Language— conversation with others

Scenario— imaginary

# data[].attributes.body
the way they express/entertain themselves

# data[].attributes.body
-Motor development specifically fine motor.
-Sensory development.
-Making vital cognitive developements through brain connections.

# data[].attributes.body
Play stimulates all their 5 senses triggering brain synapses for cognitive, physical, motor and social emotional development.

# data[].attributes.body
Play will give them imagination, 5 sense help develop their brain, and motor development

# data[].attributes.body
It encourages their range of motion. It gets their brain moving through the sensory feels (touch, sound, smell)

# data[].attributes.body
Part of child development, exploring their surroundings also includes figuring out how to get attention such as when baby babbles at you.

# data[].attributes.body
Children at such a young age are still at the sensori-motor stage, therefore require more concrete, hands-on activities and experiences to help them make sense of the world around them.

From the video, we can also see how the child has more or less achieved object permanence as he/she was able to ask for help when the toy was out of reach or sight.

# data[].attributes.body
helps in developing their imagination, emotional strength and cognitive. Figure out their interest and likings and is a healthy brain and mind development too

# data[].attributes.body
I believe social play was quite evident throughout the video. The child was non-verbal, but she was able to make eye-contact, hand gestures, and sounds to mimic speech. The adult was actively responding to all of her 'serves' by speaking to her and giving physical responses.

Language enables the child to express herself; her needs and her wants. I also felt language was used as a medium for both the child and adult to strengthen their relationship. There were numerous times that the child showed a sense of trust towards the adult by looking intently at her, waiting for her next response, and so on.

# data[].attributes.body
yes, the kid was trying to communicate with the adult by using her language and movement. when they share the info and eye contact, that is the playing time.
Language is mainly for communication, but for 15 months children who are not talk much, eye contact, body language will be more important

# data[].attributes.body
Yes! The child was able to communicate through facial expressions and emotions, eye contacts and reaction towards the responses she got.

# data[].attributes.body
Consolations will be cut off at 10.30 pm - first come, first serve.

Depending on the number of students who would like to speak to me + the time left we will have to toggle the time I can spend per student.

Those physically in class will get priority.

If you are online, you will need to turn on your mic to speak to me when I put you in a breakout room - please do not type as this takes too much time.

Please have your questions ready.

If your question is a general question - please ask in the next column, so we can all learn from the answer >>